[Dx4win] USB to parallel port

[Bert Garcia]

Pete is 100% correct -- USB to parallel port converters will NOT work for 
keying CW.  I bought two of them before someone explained that to me.  I 
wasted my money.  Don’t waste yours!

I built a USB Winkeyer kit from K1EL.  Works great!

Bert N8NN
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Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 07:37:55 -0400
From: Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr at contesting.com>
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Subject: Re: [Dx4win] USB to parallel port
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The confusion continues.  I'll save W4TV the effort of responding -
USB-to-Parallel is what we're talking about here, not USB-to-Serial.
David, you cannot key CW or do anything else involving switching
individual lines on a parallel port through a converter.  The only
hardware I know of that will do this is the PIEXX SO2RXLAT, which costs
significantly more than the most elegant solution, K1EL's Winkeyer USB.
Try it, David - you won't be sorry.

73, Pete N4ZR
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